CFUW-Ottawa Speakers' Series & General Meetings

2026-2027

Meetings are held at Riverside United Church, 3191 Riverside Drive (unless otherwise indicated)

and/or on ZOOM 

Club Business Meeting Follows

2026

7:00 PM September 14, 2026, Season Opener, Mosaic Convention Centre

7:00 PM October 5, 2026 (Hybrid) - Dr Ruth Slack, full professor at the University of Ottawa in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine & Dr Katey Rayner, chief scientific officer and vice president of research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute - The Brain-Heart Interconnectome Research Program

Topic: Understanding the Brain-Heart Connection in Order to Improve Health

7:00 PM November 2, 2026 (Hybrid) - Liza Trefzgfer Clarke, Postdoctoral Researcher in the MPNL (Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership) Program, Carleton University

Topic: Why Women Matter in Philanthropy

2027

7:00 PM January 4, 2027 (ZOOM Only), Jill Heinerth, Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and filmmaker

Topic: To be confirmed

7:00 PM February 1, 2027 (ZOOM Only) - Dr Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor of International Relations (areas of critical infrastructure protection and national security) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Topic: To be confirmed

7:00 PM March 1, 2027 (Hybrid) STF Awards Evening – no speaker

7:00 PM April 5, 2027 (ZOOM Only) Speaker and topic to be confirmed

7:00 PM May 3, 2027 (Hybrid), Laurence Wall, Retired CBC radio news presenter

Topic: 20^th Century Canadian History Through the Magic of Radio

7:00 PM June 7, 2027 (in person only) CFUW-Ottawa AGM